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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Dragan Stojkovic, Taylor, MI (US);
Leonard Anthony Shaner, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Charles Ko, Novi, MI (US);
Robert Hasse, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Keller, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle front end structure including a fender support rail that includes a plurality of slots defined by an outer wall of the rail that facilitates bending the rail in a transverse vehicle direction. A plurality of circular holes may be provided that are defined in the rail adjacent a bend in the rail to facilitate fracturing the rail in a collision event. A bracket is attached to the rail adjacent the circular holes to inhibit the rail in that area from bending in an outboard direction.